OSCARIANA: Epigrams

SECOND LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. (First in January 1895, Limited to 50 copies) Both editions printed by John Strangeways and Sons in 1895 and identical except for the imprint on title page (later edition just states Privately Printed without Arthur Humphreys' name which does appear on the cover). Crown 8vo. (approx. 19 x 14cm) original softback with card covers elegantly bound in full chestnut morocco with ornate gilt decoration to spine and boards. Gilt dentelles over marbled endpapers. Original tan card covers with red and black titles bound in. 88pp. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Small bookseller's label (Brentano's, New York) to inside of original rear cover. Trimmed foredge slightly tanned. Lower edge untrimmed. Slight rubbing to sides of spine. A VERY GOOD, HANDSOME COPY.